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The rikishi are taking-in the town and doing what we all do when in London. Seeing the sights, admiring the parks, shopping on High Street, taking tea at Fortnum's, using the olde phonebox, eating Chinese, and having a terrific time.

PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying” (#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)

Meanwhile the war in Portland continues…

One of the things I took away from the 60s and Richard Nixon, first mentioned by Hunter Thompson, but I believe to be true, is the fact that we believed, at time, that all our protesting, marching and sign waving was futile and pointless when in fact, it drove Richard Nixon to alcohol fueled madness

I have watched his bit and the bit after Kuenssberg asks the question about 20 times and my ribs hurt. Janey, Janey, Janey, still making me laugh from beyond.

Some good news. London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces. The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.

A city divided by flags… until children’s chalk messages and global bunting offered a different vision. Owen Sennitt reports 🌍✏️

Another fun game that sources data from Our World in Data!

In London, hate will never win.

Today people went around my neighborhood in north east London spray painting St George’s crosses onto people’s homes. Many of these houses have non British people living in them. This is getting very dark, very quick.

He's right. It is getting worse.

Fine, fine, I'll get it started

This is vile. Local guy speaks to Sky News about the impact of asylum seekers protests. Watch what happens and share widely

DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.

The peerless Marina Hyde nailed it www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Unzoomed #516 1/6 🟢⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️ unzoomed.com

Nope! More large vehicles to fuck up the roads Notice how the birdsong is louder than the crowd

Farewell the brilliant Sly Stone.

VA used a DOGE AI tool by Gumroad founder Sahil Lavingia that hallucinated contract sizes to cancel 24+ deals; Lavingia says "mistakes were made" (ProPublica) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

The reason Putin threw the richest man in Russia in prison and destroyed his fortune and redistributed his assets to his own cronies is so that the second richest man wouldn't have to choose. bsky.app/profile/bapt...

I’ll put you down as a ‘maybe’ then

Americans put sugar in all kinds of dishes that don’t require it. And one of the main reasons for this national aberration is … Prohibition. 🧵

Can you choose your own? Can I have George Clooney?

Forbes: The Qataris have been trying to get rid of that ostentatious luxury jet for five years, but no one would buy it. It costs too much to fly, costs more to maintain, and needs too big a landing strip. They had another one they unloaded on Turkey. Delicious. www.forbes.com/sites/jeremy...

Did we find the pro quo?

Handled to perfection by Sarah Montague. Masterclass.

Happy 75th birthday to a one of one. None before him, none to come. @jackhamilton.bsky.social wrote this ode back in 2016 and it remains evergreen. Long story short? Stevie Wonder is the best to ever do it. slate.com/cover_story/2016/12/the-greatest-creative-run-in-the-history-of-pop-music.html

Early exit polls suggest the new pope did particularly well with male voters aged 45-79.

Third Century problems #AncientHistory #GreekHistory #RomanHistory #HistoryMeme #HistoryMemes #GreeceMemes #RomeMemes #AncientMemes #ClassicalHistory #HistoryJokes #FunnyHistory #GreekMemes #RomanMemes #WorldHistory #ClassicMemes #OldSchoolHistory #AncientWorld #HistoryNerd #LearnHistory

dear god One of the firefighters arrived brandishing a camera, and he took a photo of the local fire chief pointing and laughing. I was relieved when a plan to winch me over the roof of the house was abandoned. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Zuck: The average American has three friends

If you press the bottom of the cylinder, her legs collapse

How much toothpaste has he eaten exactly?

Seems to make a peace deal a bit more tricky for Trump?

City of London smashes targets as car use drops 34% as walking, cycling soars, up by 70% in 10 years: news.cityoflondon.gov.uk/city-cycling...

Chippy tea lads? ‘Fish and Chip Shop’ 1954 lithograph in colours by David Hockney. Size 368 x 337 mm.

Trump is going to love this

Everything else is going great with my secret project, but the hardware store is out of magnets. Would you believe it? Something about a trade war. Anyway, I can’t show you how well it’s going just now. Only because of that. The magnet shortage. Exclusively.

I just met with the Vice President of El Salvador as we fight for the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. I’m speaking to the press now with the latest on our efforts. Tune in here:

Do you remember exactly this pre-Brexit? Farage et al: 'German car manufacturers will beg their government to give us a better deal than being in the EU' 'We are their biggest market so they will be coming to us begging for a deal' etc. etc. Sad to see nothing is learned from our UK stupidity.

This may be the greatest ever chart in the history of public opinion studies.

Hit me with your tariff stick, hit me.

More in No, Other People: New poll: “America would be better off if more people worked in manufacturing.” • 80% of Americans agree • 20% disagree “I would be better off if I worked in a factory.” • 25% of Americans agree • 73% disagree • 2% currently work in a factory

Aquascutum publicity image, late 1950s. Aquascutum rainwear was manufactured in Forest Road, Walthamstow during the 1950s. 📷 From VHM collection available in our Searchroom. @arascot.bsky.social #ArchiveFashion #Archive30

I really really really want a Zagazig jar

Handy Bluesky PSA for those who don’t know it: if you want to link to an article in your post but don’t want it to count towards your character limit, you can add the link, wait for the preview to appear in your draft, and then delete it – the link still appears in the final post.

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